LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A poker participant is accused of laundering cash from an alleged unlawful brothel working out of a Las Vegas neighborhood, based on court docket paperwork.
Bing Du faces costs together with pandering and cash laundering, information stated.
Earlier this 12 months, Metro police responded to on-line commercials involving suspected prostitution, officers stated. Over the course of 1 dialog, an undercover officer was provided a therapeutic massage and intercourse for $200.
Police surveilled an deal with related with the net commercials, watching “men arriving to the residence and leaving after staying 30 minutes to an hour,” paperwork stated. The precise deal with, which seemed to be a residential dwelling in Spring Valley, was redacted in court docket paperwork.
Data with the Nevada Secretary of State’s Workplace point out Du runs a enterprise tied to a house close to Desert Inn Highway and Decatur Boulevard. The enterprise isn’t licensed with the county, police stated. It was not instantly clear what number of residences are related to the investigation.
Police later situated Du, who they described as a “high-rated poker player,” playing poker in a tournament at a Strip casino. Financial records tied to Du showed her bank accounts “were primarily funded by cash deposits and peer-to-peer payments,” based on police.
Earlier this month, police searched a property related to Du, discovering “rooms [with] numbers on the door with multiple mattresses directly on the ground” and enterprise playing cards with the road, “Asian beauties for discreet gentlemen,” paperwork stated.
Police additionally collected trash, which they stated was related to the investigation, discovering “large amounts of used condoms” and “condom wrappers,” and different objects suggesting the residence was “operating as an illegal brothel,” paperwork stated.
In an interview with police, Du stated her tenants “were providing prostitution services” on the dwelling and that she was paid to “basically turn a blind eye on what the tenants were doing at the residence,” paperwork stated.
Police suspect Du knew of the exercise on the dwelling and profited from the prostitution companies, paperwork stated.
Du was not required to submit bond as prosecutors had but to file a legal grievance towards her. She was scheduled to look in court docket on Nov. 18. An legal professional for Du was not listed.
A second particular person faces related costs for allegedly working the unlawful brothel out of the house.
Licensed brothels are authorized in elements of Nevada. State legislation prohibits counties with greater than 700,000 individuals from having brothels. Clark County was dwelling to about 2.4 million individuals as of the most recent census.
8 Information Now Investigator David Charns may be reached at [email protected].
